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… enlistment per head of population. At least half of Māori men aged between 18 and 35 from the region enlisted and served overseas, mainly in 28 (Māori) Battalion’s C Company, which was predominantly recruited …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… woman being courted unsuccessfully by Peter Buck , a future Māori leader. Her elders had already matched her with John … grounds. Materoa asked for vice regal assistance in keeping Māori 'customs and usages alive’ and the governor … and served as captain in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion until he was captured in Crete. Her nephew, Te …
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… couple farmed a dairy unit at Whangaehu under one of the Māori land development schemes. After the death of Haami … the second tumuaki of the Rātana church and MP for Western Māori, Matiu was selected by the Labour Party to succeed … Māori Affairs Committee, of the Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board and of the Māori …
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… full of kai' which might include whitebait, duck eggs or Māori bread. Realising the demands on his ageing … left the train with his friends who were enrolling at the Māori Agricultural College south of Hastings. His father did … Hēnare Kōhere , had served with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France in the First World War, where he died of …
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… flair for languages and was regarded with awe by the other Māori there, who, taking him for a Pākehā, were continually astonished by the perfect Māori he spoke. He also spoke fluent French. Following his … campaign, he was transferred to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Promoted to lieutenant, he served as a Lewis …
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… whaler introduced a sweet potato superior to traditional Māori kūmara, and the new variety became known as ‘merikana’ … influence on dress styles and behaviour in some Māori communities, especially on the East Coast of the North … During the Second World War, C Company of 28 (Maori) Battalion – recruited from the East Coast – soon became …
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Part of story: United States and New Zealand
… her husband the rights and duties of Wellington's leading Māori families. She was born, according to family … They were staunch Anglicans, and services attended by the Māori people of Petone and Waiwhetū were held in Taumata. … the first Māori commander of the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion, and died at El Alamein in 1942; and her youngest …
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… Whanganui, as lay reader under A. O. Williams at the Māori mission. Anxious that others should have the … Aute College Students' Association (precursor of the Young Māori Party). He attended their conferences and resolved to … the service of Charles with the 28th (Māori) Battalion was particularly distinguished. Bennett was …
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… hui marking the return from England of the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion. The recording team consisted of Elsdon Best and … Dunedin tenor Ernest McKinlay recorded ballads and Māori songs that sold well in New Zealand. In 1927 … house at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua. They recorded well-known Māori songs such as ‘Pōkarekare ana’ and ‘Hine e hine’, …
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Part of story: Recording companies and studios
… January 1944 Smith went overseas and served with the 21st Battalion in the Middle East and Italy. Subsequently, he won … Blacks, and the following year he captained the New Zealand Māori team to Fiji. Along with other gifted Māori players, such as Vince Bevan and Ben Couch , Smith was …
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… Her brother, Hōne Heke Ngāpua , was MHR for Northern Māori from 1893 to 1911. Matire was working for a legal … although the boys had the advantage of speaking English and Māori. Hōne Heke’s main hapū was Te Matarahurahu, but he was … and was posted to active service with the 2nd Battalion of the Auckland Infantry Regiment in August 1916. …
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… War, Maaka applied to serve with the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion but was instead employed in November 1939 by the … where there was a high incidence of syphilis among the Māori population. He was nicknamed 'the Pox Doctor', which …
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… many activities they fostered the practice of traditional Māori arts and crafts. Maria was born, according to family … and wrote it with some difficulty, but spoke and read Māori with ease. Moreover she had a sharp understanding of … food parcels for local men in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion, and initiating various fund-raising activities. …
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… in 1864. In 1865 he was appointed captain of the 3rd Battalion of the Auckland Militia, only being placed on the … 1895 to 1901. He dealt with nearly two million acres of Māori land. Wilson was intelligent, ambitious, and … The immortality of the universe (1875), and two works of Māori history. He was in close contact with Māori for much …
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… did not regard it as important. It was his upbringing as a Māori and a speaker of Māori, under the watchful care of Paratene and Rāpata, that … together – after the disaster of Gallipoli – into a Māori battalion. Ngāti Porou lived up to their tradition of …
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… people from all sections of society. His pursuit of greater Māori–Pākehā unity, his warm and respectful relationship with Māori and his knowledge of te reo Māori were unique features … career. He left Palestine and was put in command of the 1st battalion of the Black Watch in Germany. On leave in …
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… and an eloquent statesman, was held in high regard by Māori and non-Māori alike. He was a prominent leader of Ngāti Whātua … Department of Lands and Survey until he joined the Pioneer Battalion of the New Zealand Division in 1916. He was badly …
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… Morrison Quartet and as a solo performer, he helped bring Māori culture to the mainstream of New Zealand society. … of Native Affairs and had played for the New Zealand Māoris rugby team. Kahu sung with the Rotorua Māori Choir in … to music included listening to veterans of 28 (Māori) Battalion sing Neapolitan songs at parties, Sunday hymns at …
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… Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute College in the 1890s who were to assume positions of leadership in both the Māori and Pākehā worlds. His birthplace was Pāhau pā, … the fact that many Māori did volunteer, and that the Māori battalion had a creditable record of service, later enabled …
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… several messengers sent to convey the terms to west coast Māori were killed, and on 4 October a supply convoy was … December with a 620-strong force which comprised about 270 Māori, a similar number from the 14th (Buckinghamshire) … were not to leave until February 1870, from May 1867 only a battalion of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment remained. New …
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